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Saturday, December 21, 2013
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Spy-target Netanyahu uses ‘gestures’ and ‘codes’ in sensitive discussions
By
ToI Staff
Prime minister said to hold his most important conversations in Mossad offices, where he can be sure he’s not being bugged
US and UK spied on Olmert, Netanyahu and Barak
By
Yoel Goldman
From the web
US, UK spied on charities, Germans, Israeli PM and EU chief
American to serve 8 years in Iran satellite case
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Chosen films
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Libbie Snyder
Why I want to live in Israel
On the charms and wonders of a place that she is part of building
Robert Nicholson
Four reasons to hate the Jewish state
Calling on fellow Christians to wake up and support the Jewish people
PA backtracks on ‘don’t boycott Israel’ comments
By
Yoel Goldman
Contradicting Abbas, Palestinian mission to South Africa endorses BDS movement
Palestinian injured as IDF thwarts Gaza attack
By
Yifa Yaakov
Security forces shoot at group attempting to place explosives near the border, wounding 22-year-old
Obama urges Congress to resist new Iran sanctions
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AP
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ToI Staff
US president says he’ll support tougher sanctions later should the Islamic Republic violate the terms of a nuclear agreement
Missing contractor’s family meets with FBI chief
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Robert Levinson’s relatives call on US government to ‘fulfill its moral obligation’
A Jerusalem landmark renovates for a new era
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The Arab Spring’s first, atypical sign of calm
By
Avi Issacharoff
In Tunisia, an unpopular government is ceding power in the interests of stability. As events in Syria and Lebanon underline, that’s the exception
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Frank Jordans
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NATALIYA VASILYEVA
After spending a decade in jail, Mikhail Khodorkovsky says his application for pardon was not an admission of guilt
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Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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Memorial planned for victims of Lockerbie bombing
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Helmsley Trust gives $22 million to Israeli institutions
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Vienna Philharmonic strips ex-Nazis of honors
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